Within the Health report, you can create an action list. The Health Action List consists of one or more rules, allowing you to quickly select a subset of animals for follow-up actions. A Health Action List must be created in the Datamars Livestock web app, not the mobile app.
To create a Health Action List rule:
Click on Health.
Under Health action list, click + Add new rule.
Apply criteria.
For example, you could create a rule to select animals of most concern, with a Health Index below 70% and a Health Index Trend either Stable (=) or Decreasing (Declining) (↓):
📝 If you have more than one rule, the Health Action List will combine all animals selected by the various rules together in one place.
✋ It is important to understand that by using an action list, you are excluding some animals which have presented with health issues. When you first set up and use a Health Action List, we recommend checking the All Health report regularly to make sure you are not missing animals which have genuine health issues but do not match the rules you have set up in your Health Action List. You may need to edit the rules to get the right balance between under-reporting and over-reporting.
You can then use the Health Action List as the basis to draft and check animals (see below).
Drafting animals
📝 If you have a Tru-Test Dairy Drafter/Sort Gate the Health Action List will automatically be used to form the draft list, rather than the All Health report.
Third party drafters - Draft animals and check them using your normal methods e.g. visually check the animal, strip and test before milking, check feeding, check milk yield, check temperature. Details can be recorded against the animal record.
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